Ive got this annoying issue where my mapped drives dont automatically connect when I reboot my pc. If I open My Computer, under the 'type' column of all of my network drives it says 'Disconnected Network Drive'. The weird thing is, as soon as I double click on any one of them they connect and the mapped drive opens up without issue. From this point forward (until the next restart), the Type reads 'Network Drive' for any one I manually open 1st.

The problem with this is I have a Home Theatre PC (HTPC) which accesses media files via mapped drives using HTPC software, and the software doesnt see these files until I manually open My Comp / Explorer and open each of these mapped drives one by one.

Anyone know what would be causing this and how to fix / get around it?

Thanks as always!!

Try strat -> run -> gpedit.msc -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> system -> logon -> Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon -> set to "Enable"

Or you can run a simple Net use batch script to remapp them at logon.

This happens when lets just say the computer boots so fast that the network hasn't gotten a link or an IP address yet.... which reminds me.. you could also try setting a static IP if you didnt want to do the other two... that MIGHT work for ya.